prostibule

Noun

prostibule (plural prostibules)

1. (rare) A brothel.
   • As a result, the viewer is again introduced in the prostibule by the woman on the left pulling the curtain aside, is welcomed in by the girls with raised arms, and is led out through the back entrance, from which a woman peeks in.2003, Enrique Mallen, “A Minimalist Approach to Picasso's Visual Grammar: Les Demoiselles D'Avignon”, in Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis, volume 8
   • The name López appears again twice: first, the priest visits a prostibule before dawn and gives the code name "López" to gain entry. Such tongue-in-cheek scenes as this irreverently subvert Hidalgo's somber image.2008, Elisabeth Guerrero, Confronting History and Modernity in Mexican Narrative, page 37